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Online cultural diversity training module

Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing delivers training to the aged care sector. The aim of the training is to enhance the capacity of aged care managers and practitioners to deliver quality services to older people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.  

 

Watch this space for upcoming workshops  

 

Video presentations

View presentations on a range of topics from the 2018 Cultural Diversity in Ageing Conference.  

Click on the titles below to view 

 

Consumer Directed Care 

Consumer Directed Care (CDC) and vulnerable aged people  Dr Olga Kanitsaki AM, Former Head of Department of Nursing and Midwifery at RMIT University

 

Aged Care Quality Standards  

Diversity and Aged Care Quality Standards   Ann Wunsch, Executive Director Operations, Australian Aged Care Quality Agency

 

Aboriginal Aged Care               

Our care our way: Aged care services for Aboriginal peoples Noeleen Tunny, VACCHO, Stephanie Suter, Mungabareena Aboriginal Corp. & Rhonda Watson, ACES 

 

Inclusive strategies 

Inclusive Service Standards - Embedding inclusive practice across all policies, strategies and practices  Ljubica Petrov, Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing

Focusing on solutions and strategies that improve aged care for older people from CALD backgrounds   Cristina Giusti, FECCA 

 

Interpreter Services               

Accessing interpreting services via TIS National Julie Hallifax & Michael Edwards, TIS National 

 

Health translations 

Five good reasons you should use Health Translations  Matt Loads, Centre for Culture, Ethnicity & Health

 

Inclusive organisations             

Journey to becoming an inclusive organisation - Uniting’s Cultural Diversity Strategy  Margaret Teuma, Uniting, NSW

Bolton Clark Diversity Framework and support resources  Jaklina Michael, Bolton Clarke

Excellence in Cultural Diversity in Ageing - Rights Information and Advocacy Centre  Pamela Bibby, RIAC

Excellence in Cultural Diversity in Ageing - Multicultural Communities Council of Illawarra Chris Lacey, Multicultural Communities Council of Illawarra

Excellence in Cultural Diversity in Ageing - Umbrella  Henrietta Podgorska, Umbrella Multicultural Community Care Services

Excellence in Cultural Diversity in Ageing - MiCARE  Alexis Hughes, MiCare

 

Video Resource 

Ageing in Australia: The Immigrant Experience video 

The Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing presents a unique educational resource for aged care and related service providers to enhance the delivery of culturally inclusive aged care. Ageing in Australia: The Immigrant Experience features four people from different migrant backgrounds approaching the later stages of life sharing their migration experiences, reflections of living in Australia and their hopes as they age in Australia. Capturing life stories and acknowledging people’s individual life experiences is key to the provision of culturally inclusive aged care. Ageing in Australia: The Immigrant Experience provides a rare insight into the experiences of older Australians from migrant backgrounds, and gives the four people featured a unique opportunity to express their thoughts on ageing in Greek, Turkish, Italian and Vietnamese languages.

The 20-minute production is a valuable discussion starter for providers seeking to enhance their training and deliver more culturally and linguistically inclusive aged care services.

You can purchase a hard copy of Ageing in Australia: The Immigrant Experience DVD by downloading and filling out the order form.

Watch the Ageing in Australia: The Immigrant Experience three-part video on YouTube by clicking on the links below. 

Part 1 - My Journey (Duration: 5.53)

Part 2 - My Life (Duration: 5.11)

Part 3 - My Future / Ageing (Duration: 8.53)

DVD Discussion Guide

The Centre has developed a series of questions in response to the video which can promote group discussion and reflection, with a view to generating ideas about how to enhance service provision to older people like the ones portrayed in the video.

Download the DVD Discussion Guide  

 

Online training program

Cross-Cultural Care Program for Aged Care Staff

This free online training program was developed by Flinders University, Resthaven Inc. and AnglicareSA Inc. and funded through the Department of Health.

The aim of this program is to support staff in residential aged care homes to provide high-quality cross-cultural care for residents and to improve team cohesion. This program includes five learning modules and Work related English Language Resources for Staff.

Access Online Program Here

Download the Facilitator manual and Workbook for staff: 

Facilitator manual PDF

Workbook for staff PDF

  pdf  Instructions on downloading the program PDF (109 KB)

 


 Acknowledgements

Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing acknowledges and pays respect to the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation, on whose land this website was developed. We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, their ancestors and elders, both past and present and acknowledge their continuing connection to land, sea and community. We hope our work contributes to the wider project of respect and recognition between cultures in Australia. Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing receives project funding from the Australian Department of Health and Aged Care to administer the Partners in Culturally Appropriate Care (PICAC) program in Victoria.

 

Did you know?

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37%
37% of people aged 65 years and over in Australia were born overseas.
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There are over 400 separately identified languages spoken in Australian homes.
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Australians follow more than 120 religious and spiritual beliefs.
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28% & 20%
28% percent of people using home care and 20% percent of people using permanent residential care are from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
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36%
36% of care attendants in residential aged care are identified as being from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
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Australia’s Indigenous peoples are two distinct cultural groups made up of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. But there is great diversity within these two broadly described groups exemplified by the over 250 different language groups spread across the nation.